Jump to content

Y&R: February 2025 Discussion Thread


Recommended Posts

  • Members

I liked him BITD. And I respect that he made it to...and maintained his looks at 50 looking hot as sin. Made me think of that year that Sean Penn did the same thing to show off in that black see-through shirt...just because he could when he turned either 45 or 50 himself. 

 

It took me a while to get used to CLB ditching the dye. Heck, I didn't even realize until people pointed it out. He still has his looks even now, but he was truly looking like a sneak wining and dining Lauren. And I was just giving credit where it was due. If anything, I'm jealous. lol. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 148
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

  • Members

2-20

 

Oh my God! Did that Giggly Heffa up and get her ass kidnapped? lol. 

 

Well, this episode continued to prove the best thing about this show currently is the Damian storyline. You had Lily and Damian's first official meeting. You had Audra scheming...for the side of good this time hehe...with Holden to get Damian to go see his mother. And there was also those Nate/Amy scenes and Nate pulling strings to find a way to cure Amy and her wanting to be stoic. And of course, there was the end, classic cliffhanger and classic Y&R

 

So it was sad that I was disconnected from the C plot of the Giggly Heffa. I did like seeing Chance, but le sigh. So Summer is truly just over him. smh. And all I got out of those scenes (and the day before this) was that I don't like the mousy hair on AL. I love it when she has that beautiful lion mane of hers. 

 

Meanwhile...could they be answering the audience (well at least here)'s prayer and creating a way for Amy to stay? I'm not against that. And I loved Amy showing more edge and Nate not minding. I also didn't mind the lingering camera of Nate walking over to the door to open it cuz DAY---UMM.

 

I definitely liked Lily and Damian. They had a good rhythm going on. Damian had that swagger. And Lily had some sass about her. But overall, I definitely see that potential. 

 

Why do I feel like Holden is toying with Audra? She might want to watch out.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

The Damian/Nate story is interesting because it is something FRESH.

Seeing Sharon kidnapped again, Victor going after Jack, Adam/Chelsea etc is just variations on what has occurred over decades with these characters.

It's hard to come up with new angles for vet characters but Josh makes no effort.

If it worked in 85, 95, 05 and 2015  it'll work again! now seems to be his mantra.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Very. AND an attractive black man with money. How well-timed with BTG indeed.

 

Yeah. Amy had a child with Nathan and contacted Nate to reveal that 1) he has a half-brother and 2) she was dying. The child, Damian, had fallen out with Amy so she did not have the resources to find him on her own. Damian was also always getting into shady things. After debate, Nate decided to find him, using Devon's old detective friend to do so.

 

What the detective discovered was that Damian seem to bounce around working for the same company, but in all these different locations. They narrowed it down to L. A. so Nate, Amy, and Audra flew out under the guise of a job offer to get a feel for Damian. Nate talked to Damian alone and Damian seem lukewarm, but intrigued. 

 

Once Nate, Audra, and Amy returned to Genoa City was when the reveals started. The first one...the company that Damian worked for...was DAMIAN'S company. Meaning he already knew who Nate was when Nate met him in L. A. 

 

The second reveal occurred when Damian arrived in Genoa City to figure out why Nate had contacted him in the first place...not realizing his mother was dying...and it turned out--revealed only to the audience--the man Nate met in L. A. WAS NOT Damian, but a man named Holden who worked for Damian. Damian had Holden posing as him to get to the bottom of Nate's interest in him.

 

The third reveal just happened over the last two weeks. And that was Nate arranging to meet with Damian (really Holden) to reveal why he contacted him in the first place. What Holden did not know was that Amy was there, too. As soon as she laid eyes on him, the jig was up!!! That led to some great confrontation scenes between the real Damian, Nate, and Amy. So Damian now knows his mother is dying and also Nate is his half-brother. He is still adjusting...and fancies Lily who he bumped into and was immediately intrigued. Meanwhile, Holden has a past with Audra...meaning that she knew Holden was not Damian the WHOLE TIME...which will put her relationship with Nate in jeopardy as well as put her in the crosshairs of Devon and Lily who she had finally made inroads with over the past year.

 

Writing that out...it's been a pretty good storyline. lol. I personally suspected Damian owned the company due to Amy saying how much Damian loved the Count of Monty Cristo. And that reveal was well-done. But usually this storyline when it was featured in an episode ended on cliffhangers which were also done. All of the reveals I mentioned above were codas in scenes...usually Thursday/Friday cliffhangers. 

 

I hope that helps.

Please register in order to view this content

I'm still playing catch-up on last week, my focus completely on BTG. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

YW!!! Writing it out...yeah. No wonder me and a few others have enjoyed it. As Paul said, it is fresh.

 

The only thing that has let it down has been the pacing at times. Though the slow burn has allowed for getting invested more...especially with the Nate, Amy, and Audra dynamic. One of the reveals was a Friday cliffhanger that was not followed up the following Monday. Instead...a bunch of crap writing. In fact, that was the second week of February. lol. Monday and Friday were a waste of time, but Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday were good. And those had that storyline in it if I remember correctly. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Holy cow when you read it written all out, it’s so so good! And the best part is, when it’s actually featured, all of the actors truly deliver. It really is the only reason I’m watching right now and it’s not lost on me that the main story I’m enjoying is the black story. Every now and then the Hastings/Winters get a bone thrown their way and I’m always invested. This might be their best story since Neil died and they took over as the remaining Winters clan. And it’s mainly been fixed on Nate while now naturally bringing in Lily and Devon, moreso Lily. Loving it.

Wish I could move them to BTG

Sharon being kidnapped again does not interest me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Well I am one of the few authors in my authors group that loves to do a synopsis.

Please register in order to view this content

 But seriously thank you. When I read it back, I was surprised as well. It really sounds great seeing it laid out like that. It does help that everyone is bringing their A game. And now off of the 2-21 episode, there's another reveal coming, too? Not sure how I feel about that one, but we will see how that plays out.  

 

Hmmm. Honestly, I'm not sure if it's my favorite story for them since Neil died. lol. I liked the IPO Takeover. But for me, it is the fact that it was just subtext for the rivalry between Devon and Nate and the fact that they took them forever to admit to each other's face that the REAL reason they had problems with each other was not even the fact Nate was new so Devon wasn't listening to him, but Devon was mad at him for stealing Elena away and Nate was spiteful for the loss of his hands (with Imani in his ear as Lady MacBeth). But that was down to how BJ and SD played that subtext regardless of the words coming out of their mouth. And okay, I give the writers credit for keeping the rift between them and Lily going and the tension between Devon and Nate going as long as organically possible. Very realistic. 

 

Then again...Maybe I should take that back!! Cuz they fumbled the ending of that storyline by Nate risking it all for Elena...only to fall for Victoria barely a month later. Not to mention Imani vanishing. And...lol. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • Loved Valerie Mahaffey as crazy as a box of frogs Sandy Cooper on Wings. 2025 needs to chill out already. May Ms. Mahaffey rest in peace.
    • She was great on there. And Wings. And so many shows. I don't feel like we get those character actors as much now.
    • Cady did have a southern accent as Dixie in her first few years playing the character... but it started to minimize the longer she played the character (which tracks because my aunt had a heavy southern accent when married my uncle and years living in the north has softened it quite a bit). Her initial stint playing Rosanna was partly due to mirroring the previous actress and eventually developing her own take on the character. And the thing about her take as Kelly on Y & R was that she was too sedate when she first took over playing the role (she was supposed to play a woman that had recently lost her child.. and trying to keep things together) and then went OTT crazy and didn't play it well.    And I don't care to remember her attempt at playing Jennifer on Days. I think this Pamela character is the first time she's playing a character from the start and I think she's like a kid at a candy store.  She's having so much fun trying different things... and I hope eventually she decides to settle on a more consistent character for Pamela (perhaps her love of accents is a character trait based on something traumatic that happened to her in the past maybe).
    • That's sad. I remember her mostly from ER and the shortlived, yet very funny, sitcom The Powers That Be.
    • As always loved seeing Ric with Liz. I hope the show forever keeps them in each others orbit even if it’s just platonic. I’m sure she’s going to cut him out when she finds out he’s blackmailing Alexis though. So darn.
    • I have to be honest I’m really struggling with this show. I love everything with Eva/Leslie/Ted/Nicole/Kat and enjoy Dani and Bill’s shenanigans (I’m on the Hayley needs to be recast train now tho), Chelsea is second to Kat as my favorite Dupree grandkid and I loved her coming out to her mom. The show was on a truly great run with the big Leslie and Eva reveal at Nicole and Ted’s anniversary party and the fall out has still been good even with the unnecessary Ted recast and them making Leslie kind of dumb by exposing herself too much unnecessarily. The real problem for me started when they rotated back to way too damn much screen time for Derek/Ashley/Andre (if anyone should have been up first for a recast it was these three IMO). They tried way too hard to drum up drama between Ashley and Derek and the actors were clearly fighting for their mediocre charisma less acting lives to make it work but none of it landed, just horrible. Naomi and Jacob and this weird homeless woman story are also BORING. I can see where its potentially going but IDGAF at all, my only hope for them is that they’re building a triangle with Naomi/Jacob/Kat because Jacob and Kat have stronger chemistry together than their current love interests (Eva is the only one who can make the awful Tomas work). Martin, his secret and still cringe worthy acting got kind of interesting with Bill dropping hints to Smitty but they completely lost me with that lil fakeout scene at the country club. The lame “teenagers” (air quotes because Samantha is no Bianca Lawson and never beating the black Andrea Zuckerman allegations) can get off my screen as well. Joey creeping on Vanessa is grossing me out at this point, I actually quite like Vanessa and Doug now but Joey falls totally flat as a villain and someone we’re supposed to buy Vanessa being enamored with. I’m glad they’ve finally set up something interesting for Vernon and Anita to do with this girl band reunion instead of Anita wringing her hands and telling us she feels darkness coming and Vernon giving a civil rights speech every episode but yeah… People who’ve posted with me for other shows know I’m not one for fast forwarding or hate watching either, if I find a majority of a show is not working I usually just quit but because of what this show represents for me as a Black male soap fan I really want to stick it out. Its just become a challenge lately. I saw Guza has left the building and I REALLY hope we hear about some more BTS changes. The additions of Tracy Thompson and Jamie Giddens don’t exactly inspire a lot of confidence from me tho. Honestly praying hard for a new EP to replace JHC, a lot of the stuff that annoyed about her PC and AMC runs has started to match up here. I’m giving the show through the Summer to rectify some things but IDK how long I can hold on tbh. Its been a struggle to even finish some of these episodes lately.
    • I agree. I liked the episode but it felt jarring to suddenly return to a bunch of plots that had been put on pause since the Nurses' Ball started. Although I did like Laura popping in at the end to tell Alexis that millions of dollars have suddenly disappeared from Ace's trust fund. One set of scenes that made me feel optimistic for the next few months were between Sofia Mattsson and Rory Gibson. While Rory has been good as a darker, colder Michael this week, I was worried that he might not have much range. But he really warmed up with Mattsson, and I thought that (for the first time) Michael and Sasha had some genuine chemistry.
    • Next week is going to be such a sad time... I just feel it based on what was shown today. I'm wondering if the whole John being bandaged thing being a throwback to how he first arrived on the show was a Ron C idea since it just seems as though this would be something he would come up with.  If so, it's good that Cwikly/Ford are in charge with the implementing of the idea instead of him. Just a delayed thought from the Ciara scenes earlier in the week, or last week.. and how she had an odd way of dressing/acting.  I chuckle because little Ciara did say that she admired and wanted to be just like Kristen when she grew up.  So the fact that her outfit choices are so odd/off beat and her manner is a bit OTT just fits.. especially since Eileen's Kristen had an odd sense of fashion and that frantic OTT undertone to her delivery. With that said, a part of me wonders how Eileen's Kristen would have handled the scenes being done this week in regards to John's situation.   
    • My god the smirking was back in full force today. He almost started smiling after Johnny mentioned he wouldn’t be there if EJ hadn’t raped Sami. I will say I did like seeing him with Dee as they’ve always had great chemistry.    They really are giving a lot of false hope with John getting better. I wish they hadn’t done that. Monday is going to be devastating. I really liked all the characters mixing and mingling today.  Nu-Rachel is still too sweet for me. Loved all the flashbacks. Everyone looked so young. Really enjoyed Brady’s scenes with John today.  
    • Valerie Mahaffey Dead: ‘Northern Exposure,’ ‘Dead to Me’ Actress Was 71 Loved her. I've never seen her Doctors work. 
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy